OSAKA (Kyodo) Hankyu Holdings Inc. plans to retain the Hanshin brand after it acquires the Hanshin Electric Railway Co. stake owned by an investment fund led by financier Yoshiaki Murakami, sources involved in the deal said Wednesday.
The two Osaka-based railways are likely to integrate capital under a new holding company tentatively named Hankyu Hanshin Holdings, the sources said.
However, the holding firm would keep using the same names for the Hanshin Tigers baseball team and Hanshin railway.